HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Total, Men, Women, Both sexes, 16 years 20 years 20 years 16 to 19 Reason and over and over and over years 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Total unemployed............................... 7,001 7,078 3,131 3,259 2,751 2,718 1,119 1,101 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 3,321 3,515 1,927 2,064 1,249 1,276 145 176 On temporary layoff............................. 921 976 540 580 324 333 57 63 Not on temporary layoff......................... 2,400 2,539 1,387 1,483 925 943 88 113 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,686 1,781 948 1,013 685 696 53 72 Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 714 758 439 470 240 247 35 42 Job leavers....................................... 827 793 368 371 380 351 78 71 Reentrants........................................ 2,237 2,142 757 723 1,019 984 461 435 New entrants...................................... 616 627 78 101 103 107 435 419 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed............................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 47.4 49.7 61.6 63.3 45.4 46.9 13.0 16.0 On temporary layoff............................ 13.2 13.8 17.3 17.8 11.8 12.2 5.1 5.7 Not on temporary layoff........................ 34.3 35.9 44.3 45.5 33.6 34.7 7.9 10.3 Job leavers....................................... 11.8 11.2 11.7 11.4 13.8 12.9 7.0 6.5 Reentrants........................................ 32.0 30.3 24.2 22.2 37.0 36.2 41.2 39.5 New entrants...................................... 8.8 8.9 2.5 3.1 3.7 3.9 38.9 38.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.5 Job leavers....................................... .5 .5 .5 .5 .6 .5 1.1 1.0 Reentrants........................................ 1.5 1.4 1.0 .9 1.5 1.5 6.3 6.2 New entrants...................................... .4 .4 .1 .1 .2 .2 6.0 6.0 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.